Caution: A significant groundswell has developed. Many smaller boats are basing inlet passings and near-beach runs as lake-smooth. Au contraire. It can be very tricky. That goes for surfcasters pondering wading out to sandbars. It's far trickier than it has been, especially at tide change. Winds will be the next testy weather element will wets winds followed by brisk to SCA northeast to east winds. …

Thursday, November 26, 2015: Remember that half of Thanksgiving is “giving.” It’s one of those days when giving comes with calmness and civility. You know as well as me that many Thanksgiving gatherings often entail mixing it up with the best and worst of family and…

Just in: Befuddled on the beach in Holgate. Friday, November 13, 2015 Noon: Any bird rescuers out there? This is a downed gannet on the beach just a short way in at Holgate, about 50 feet from the water. It obviously has some serious problem … possibly one a bird vet can cure.…

Wednesday, November 11, 2015: The northeast winds hung in longer than expected and also went northwest without the expected shift to the south. We’ll see the southerlies tomorrow. Then we’ll await that serious cold front, which could come sporting…